Single-player games like Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is a frantic arcade action FPS, featuring singleplay and co-op campaign, various multiplayer modes, all presented in glorious VR and with different locomotion movements.
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Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE is a virtual reality action shooter, a glorious throwback to the golden age of first-person shooters where men were men, cover was for amateurs and pulling the trigger made things go boom.
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Sairento VR
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
VR was made for this. Perform triple jumps, wall runs, power slides and slow time down while blasting away at a foe before landing to deliver a blade attack on another. Kit yourself with katanas, firearms, bows, throwing glaives and legendary relics. Keep upgrading as you play. PURE CYBER NINJA FUN.
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DOOM VFR
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
DOOM® VFR brings the fast-paced, brutal gameplay fans of the series love to virtual reality. Play as a cybernetic survivor who is activated by the UAC to fight the demon invasion, maintain order, and prevent catastrophic failure at the Mars facility.
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Dead Effect 2 VR
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Dead Effect 2 is the newest addition to the acclaimed Dead Effect franchise. This action sci-fi shooter is looking to push the boundaries of first-person shooters to new levels with slick graphics, rich narrative and RPG elements.
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Gunheart
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Gunheart is an online co-op RPG shooter where you and your friends become customizable robotic bounty hunters trying to make a buck at the edge of the galaxy. Encounter menacing aliens, explore exotic locations, unlock new gear, and rake in cash to boost your rig.
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After the Fall®
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
From the team that brought you Arizona Sunshine® comes an epic VR action FPS with intense co-op gameplay at its core. Team up with friends and take on a hostile VR world filled with ferocious undead--mutated and twisted by the relentless cold.
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Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Crisis Brigade 2 reloaded is about covering, pointing and shooting, fast-paced pure action. Intense shootouts, powerful weapons, challenging levels, fierce enemies... Like the 90's classic arcade machines, but with the immersion that Virtual Reality is capable of.
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The Talos Principle
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
The Talos Principle is a first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction. Made by Croteam and written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper) and Jonas Kyratzes (The Sea Will Claim Everything).
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Portal 2
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!
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Red Faction
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
JOIN THE REVOLUTION! Lured to Mars by the Ultor Corporation's promise of a better life, thousands have come to seek their fortune and work for the massive mining company. But all is not as it seems. A deadly plague is sweeping through the barracks, and miners suffer daily abuse at the hands of the Ultor guards.
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Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a visually upgraded and fully Steam supported remake version of the original high-adrenaline single-play and 16-player co-operative arcade-action FPS which was Gamespot's Game of the Year 2001 and which scored overall of 87% on Metacritic!
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Serious Sam VR: The Last Hope
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
Serious Sam is back! And this time it's REAL!
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The Talos Principle VR
Single-player alternative to Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Serious Sam VR: The Second Encounter.
The Talos Principle VR is a virtual reality version of Croteam's critically acclaimed first-person puzzle game in the tradition of philosophical science fiction.